Photo: Georges Biard / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
André Wilms is the sort of actor I genuinely treasure. A Strasbourg native who moved fluently between stage, film and television, and even directed, he had the range and humility that real character work demands. His Best Supporting European Actor award for Kaurismäki's La Vie de bohème, and his Officer of Arts and Letters honour, confirm a career built on substance, not spectacle. I love that he crossed borders into Finnish and German cinema as easily as French theatre. He passed in 2022 at 74, but the quiet authority of a great supporting player lingers, and Wilms reminds me how much depth lives in the margins of a film.
Overview
André Wilms (29 April 1947 – 9 February 2022) was a French film, television actor and theater director who also appeared in German and Finnish films. Wilms was the winner of the Best Supporting European Actor award at the 1992 European Film Awards for his work in Aki Kaurismäki's La Vie de bohème. He died on 9 February 2022, at the age of 74.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- André Wilms
- Name (Japanese)
- アンドレ・ウィルム
- Reading
- あんどれ・うぃるむ
- Born
- April 29, 1947 – February 9, 2022
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Boar
- Origin
- Strasbourg, France
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stage actor / film actor / television actor / actor / director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2013 Officer of Arts and Letters
- 1992 European Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.